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Rh He went, accompanied by the bravest Grecian warriors, and besieged her capital—when, after many skirmishes, in which numbers on both sides perished, Antiope and two sisters were taken prisoners; and, believing it wiser to give up the contested ornament, than be carried into captivity, she yielded it to Hercules, and recovered her liberty, and that of her sister Menalippe. The other, Hypolita, was married to Theseus, king of Athens, who, according to some, was principal in this expedition. A Famous Grecian poetess, some verses written by whom, were printed at Antwerp, in 1568, in a collection intituled, Carmina novem Poetarum foeminamm. A Persecution was raised against the Christians in Alexandria, during which Apollonia, then very aged, was arrested. She refused to renounce her faith, and they prepared to throw her into a large fire, when, asking to be released, as if the sight of the punishment had changed her purpose, she no sooner found herself at liberty, than she threw herself into the flames! . ARC,